"Between the CEO?s in the professors? Rolodexes and Acton?s supporters, I don?t think there?s a door that can?t be opened."
? John Lawson, Principal,
Waxman, Cavner and Lawson
Our supporters, including alumni and executives from America's finest companies, believe in our goal of transforming the way business leaders are selected and taught. Supporters help in any number of ways, including advising on course content, recommending applicants, providing career advice and counseling for our graduates.
High Tech
Real Estate
Major Corporations
Venture Capital/Private Equity
Energy
Investment/Commercial Banking/Finance
High Tech
- Ian Rosi - Microsoft Corp.
- Robin Renowden - Intel
- Jonathan Isaacs - Dell Computer Corporation
- Doug Hooks - Advanced Micro Devices
- Jeff Hawn - BMC Software
- Scott Uhrig - Whiterock Partners
- Kenneth Dion - Decision Critical, Inc.
- Jack Gray, Jr - Gigared
- Akshay Sabhikhi '04 - Webify Solutions
- Bjorn Bilhardt- Enspire Learning
Real Estate
- Dick Anderson - Hill Partners, Inc
- Jack Chandler - LaSalle Investment Management
- William Armstrong - Stratus Properties, Inc
- John Poston '05 - Trammell Crow Co.
Major Corporations
- Elizabeth Bradley - 3M Corporation
- John Meadows - AT&T Wireless Services
- Nick Parks - Ford Motor Company
- Susan Dell'Osso - Frito-Lay
- David Harakal - IBM
- Ken Farnworth - IBM Business Consulting Services
- Alfred Escher - Landmark Graphics
- Jay Clark - Proctor & Gamble
- David Beuerlein - Spencer Stuart
- Bernard Duroc-Danner - Weatherford International, Inc
- David Weekley - Weekly Homes, Inc.
- David Ridley- Southwest Airlines
- Matt Beasley '04- Fadler Food Company
Venture Capital/Private Equity
- Jeff Garvey - Austin Ventures
- Jim Armstrong - Clearstone
- Wynne Snoots - EnCap
- Jason Richardson - Prudential Capital Group
- Craig Huff - Reservoir Capital Group
- Philip Davidson - Rice Sangalis Toole & Wilson
- David Baldwin - SCF Partners
- Zackary Zeitlin - Silver Point Capital
- Prakash Melwani - Vestar Capital Partners
Investment/Commercial Banking/Finance
- Paul Davis - Credit Suisse First Boston
- Jorge Cantonnet - Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
- Catherine Crain - Fayez Sarofim & Co.
- John Rutherford - Simmons & Co.
- Gene Rainbolt - BancFirst
- Dyer Greer - USAA Investment Management Co.
- Joseph Birkofer - Legacy Asset Management, Inc
- Lee Lahourcade - Vaughan, Nelson, Scarborough & McConnel
- Buck Branson '04- Wells Fargo
Energy
- Leon Hirsch - BP Amoco plc
- Bud Brigham - Brigham Oil & Gas
- Thomas Hart III - El Paso Corporation
- Edmund Knolle - Falcon Gas Storage Company, Inc
- Douglas Foshee - El Paso Energy